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Cyclone may oust lifesaving comp

Tropical Cyclone Ului may force Surf Life Saving Australia to move the national titles which are continuing on the Gold Coast today.

More than 8,000 lifesavers are competing at Kurrawa.

The category three system is expected to move closer to the Queensland coast tomorrow.

Surf Life Saving's Grant Baldock says it is prepared to move to a more protected beach.

"We do have bare minimum infrastructure that we would have to move if we moved the championships and we have some fairly well experienced personnel, both volunteers and professionals, that have well articulated contingency plans that we could put in place if need be," he said.

"We will move if we considered it necessary for the safety of competitors."

- ABC

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